Matka Dictionary: Common Terms Defined

Matka results use a small set of words that newcomers often find confusing, mostly because several of them sound alike but mean different things. This dictionary lists those words in alphabetical order with a short meaning for each. Wherever an example helps, it uses one result: 458-74-239.

If you would like to see the words at work first, read how Satta Matka works and then return here.

Terms from A to Z

Ank: One digit, zero to nine. Sum a panna’s three digits; the last digit of that sum is the ank. For 458, 4 + 5 + 8 = 17, so the ank is 7.
Bazar (market): A named game with its own open time, close time and days off. Every bazar uses the same arithmetic; only the timetable changes. See the market timings.
Close: The second declaration of a market’s session and the panna that comes with it. In 458-74-239 the close panna is 239 and the close ank is 4.
Cut ank: The digit you get by adding 5 and keeping the final figure. 7 and 2 are cuts of each other, and so are 4 and 9, and 0 and 5. The cut ank chart shows the partner of each digit.
Double panna: A panna in which one digit appears twice, such as 118, 344 or 550. Often shortened to DP.
Full sangam: A selection made of both pannas, open and close together. For this result, 458 with 239. The jodi has no part in it.
Half sangam: A selection made of one ank and one panna from opposite sides: open ank 7 with close panna 239, or open panna 458 with close ank 4.
Holiday: A day on which a market declares no result. The charts show ** in that place. Nothing was declared that day, and no hidden number sits behind the gap.
Jodi: The two-digit pair in the middle of a result: open ank first, close ank second. Here it is 74. There are 100 jodis in all, from 00 up to 99, and every one appears on the 100 jodi chart.
Jodi chart: A market’s record of jodis alone, one row per week and one cell for each day the market runs. Pannas are left out. Every market’s chart opens from the markets page.
Matka: Literally an earthen pot. In the early 1960s people bet on cotton rates quoted on the Bombay exchange; when that gave way to draws from a pot, the pot lent the game its name. Ratan Khatri and Kalyanji Bhagat are credited with making those draws into regular markets.
Open: The first declaration of a market’s session. In 458-74-239 the open panna is 458 and the open ank is 7, which becomes the first digit of the jodi.
Panel chart: A market’s complete record, keeping both pannas and the jodi day by day, with each week on its own row. It also opens from the markets page.
Panna (patti): Any three-digit number declared at the open or at the close. Panna and patti are two names for the same thing. A panna is never shortened to the total of its digits.
Red jodi: A jodi shown in red on the charts because both digits are the same (00, 11, 22 and so on) or because they are cuts of each other (05, 50, 16, 61, 27 and so on). The colour marks a pattern. It is not a separate bet.
Result: The declared result written out in full as 458-74-239: open panna first, jodi next, close panna last. Until the close arrives it appears in half form, such as 458-7.
Single ank: A bet on one digit, 0 to 9, on the open side or the close side.
Single panna: A panna whose three digits all differ, like 458 and 239. Often shortened to SP.
Starline: An hourly game that declares one panna and its ank per draw, such as 589-2. It has no close side, so it never has a jodi. Past draws are on Starline results.
The 220: The complete set of valid pannas: single, double and triple together come to 220. The 220 panna list groups them by ank and writes the digits of each in rising order with 0 at the end, so 0, 6 and 3 appear as 360.
Triple panna: A panna whose three digits are identical, for example 333 or 000. There are only ten, one for each digit. Often shortened to TP.

One result, every term

On 458-74-239	Term
458	Open panna, a single panna
7	Open ank, from 4 + 5 + 8 = 17
239	Close panna, also a single panna
4	Close ank, from 2 + 3 + 9 = 14
74	Jodi; not a red jodi, because 7 and 4 are neither equal nor cuts
7 with 239, or 458 with 4	The two possible half sangams
458 with 239	Full sangam
2 and 9	The cut anks of 7 and 4

Words that get mixed up

Often confused	The difference
Ank and digit total	458 totals 17, but its ank is 7. An ank is always one digit.
Single ank and single panna	A single ank is one digit. A single panna is three different digits.
Jodi and half sangam	Jodi: two anks joined. Half sangam: an ank paired with a panna.
Half sangam and full sangam	Half uses one ank and one panna; full uses both pannas and no ank.
Panel chart and jodi chart	Only the middle pair goes on the jodi chart; the panel chart saves the whole result.
Starline ank and day-market ank	A Starline draw has no close, so its ank can never become half of a jodi.
Declared panna and reordered panna	845 has the same digits as 458 but is not how the result is written. Follow the order used on the result and on the 220 list.

Once these words feel familiar, the chart reading guide shows where each word turns up on the jodi chart and on the panel chart.

Questions about the terms

Why is a panna sometimes called a patti?

Both words are in everyday use and mean exactly the same three-digit number. You will meet either one on result boards and in chat groups.

How can I tell that a result is complete?

A finished day or night result has eight digits in three groups: three, two and three. A Starline result is already complete with a panna and its ank.

Does a red jodi say anything about the next draw?

No. Red only describes the shape of a pair that has already come. On Satta Matka it carries no information about what will be declared next.

Knowing the words is not a reason to play

Nobody under 18 should play anywhere, and adults still have to respect the gambling law of their own state, since those laws vary from state to state. Only ever risk money you could lose without hardship. No term on this page, and no chart on Satta Matka, can tell you a future result.